The City of Cape Town says plans of potentially partnering with the private sector to create a short-term emergency water supply using desalination, storm water capture or aquifer extraction are progressing well.

Ahead of the Department of Energy’s closing date for stakeholder engagement in the national Integrated Energy Plan and Integrated Resource Plan, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is underscoring the importance of South Africa’s need to embrace renewable energy as the country’s single largest potential energy source.

The eight-nation Intergovernmental Agency on Development (IGAD) has secured a US$3.50m grant from the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, to finance the agency’s Infrastructure Master Plan (IRIMP).

According to IOL The skyline of Cape Town’s central business district is set to change dramatically in the next four to five years, with major property construction worth an estimated R16bn under way, in the planning, or proposed.